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Industry: media
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,813,664,972
Number of Records: 256
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.

Top 10 Current Parent Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
Fox Corporation	$824,500,000	5
News Corp.	$266,573,982	10
Liberty Media	$185,097,350	3
Bertelsmann	$90,134,235	6
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	$81,273,247	17
Sinclair Broadcast Group	$71,005,321	8
Paramount Global	$66,612,781	23
RELX Group	$55,011,799	12
Nexstar Media Group	$31,007,500	2
Hearst	$29,571,995	11

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Current Parent	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
CBS Broadcasting, Inc.	Paramount Global	employment discrimination	2000	EEOC	$8,000,000
Clear Channel and/or AM/FM, Inc., d/b/a WVAZ-FM	iHeartMedia	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$30,000
Westwood One Broadcast Services, Inc. d/b/a Metro Networks, Inc.	Cumulus Media	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$130,000
Knoxville News-Sentinel Company	Gannett	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$25,000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.	News Corp.	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$16,640
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., d/b/a WXXA-TV/Channel 23	iHeartMedia	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$8,000
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.	Gannett	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$18,500
Time Warner Entertainment	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	employment discrimination	2000	private lawsuit-federal	$244,500
NEW YORK POST	News Corp.	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$11,025
Hearst Corporation	Hearst	consumer protection violation	2001	FTC	$19,000,000
Hearst Corporation	Hearst	investor protection violation	2001	FTC	$4,000,000
Hearst Corp.	Hearst	investor protection violation	2001	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$4,000,000
Enterprise Publishing Company	Gannett	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$7,000
Asbury Park Press	Gannett	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$6,000
Cox Enterprises, Inc., Media General and Knight Rider, individually and as Partners, d/b/a SP Newsprint Co. f/k/a Southeast Paper Manufacturing Co.	Cox Enterprises	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$35,000
St. Louis Post-Dispatch	Lee Enterprises	privacy violation	2001	MO-AG	$5,000
RANDOM HOUSE, INC.	Bertelsmann	workplace safety or health violation	2001	OSHA	$9,000
Cox Enterprises, through its subsidiary Cox Television and WFTV-TV Holdings, Inc.	Cox Enterprises	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$35,298
Warner Brothers (Production of ER)	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$7,000
Choicepoint Precision Marketing, Inc.	RELX Group	privacy violation	2002	KY-AG	$5,000
Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and Westwood One, Inc.	iHeartMedia	employment discrimination	2003	EEOC	$150,000
Infinity Broadcasting Operations, Inc.	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$10,000
Infinity Broadcasting	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$357,500
Journal Register East, Inc.	Digital First Media	wage and hour violation	2003	WHD	$44,750
WKYC-TV, Inc.	Tegna	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$100,000
Detroit Newspaper Agency d/b/a Detroit Newspaper	Gannett	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$20,000
GANNETT CO. INC.	Gannett	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$48,996
St. Paul Pioneer Press	Digital First Media	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$9,950
Westwood One, Inc. d/b/a SmartRoutes Systems	Cumulus Media	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$5,711
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.	News Corp.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$25,000
Metro Networks	iHeartMedia	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$94,368
NYP HOLDINGS, INC.	News Corp.	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$10,850
OMAHA WORLD HERALD	Lee Enterprises	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$5,620
Cable News Network, Inc.	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	economic sanction violation	2004	OFAC	$7,500
Entercom Communications	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$220,000
Viacom Inc.	Paramount Global	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$3,500,000
Viacom	Paramount Global	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$550,000
Emmis Communications	Emmis Communications	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$300,000
Clear Channel Communications	iHeartMedia	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$1,750,000
Emmis Communications	Emmis Communications	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$14,000
Infinity Broadcasting Operations	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$27,500
Clear Channel Communications	iHeartMedia	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$755,000
Journal Register Company East, Inc.	Digital First Media	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$18,053
Clear Channel d/b/a Capstar	iHeartMedia	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$125,394
Turner Entertainment Networks	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$30,000
Sinclair Broadcast Group	Sinclair Broadcast Group	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$7,020
Scholastic at Home Inc.	Scholastic Corp.	consumer protection violation	2004	MO-AG	$90,000
PARAMOUNT PICTURES	Paramount Global	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,060
BERTELSMANN, INC.	Bertelsmann	environmental violation	2004	EPA	$5,000
Scholastic Inc.	Scholastic Corp.	consumer protection violation	2005	FTC	$710,000
Univision Radio License Corporation	TelevisaUnivision Inc.	telecommunications violation	2005	FCC	$28,000
Reno Newspapers, Inc.	Gannett	wage and hour violation	2005	WHD	$5,418
Sinclair Media II, Inc.	Sinclair Broadcast Group	wage and hour violation	2005	WHD	$8,101
Des Moines Register and Tribune	Gannett	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$13,000
The Buffalo News	Lee Enterprises	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$7,000
Cox Com. Inc. d/b/a Cox Communications Oklahoma City	Cox Enterprises	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$70,000
The Enterprise Publishing Company	Gannett	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$5,000
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$53,001
Cox Communications Gulf Coast, L.L.C.	Cox Enterprises	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$35,000
Hearst Corporation	Hearst	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$925,000
Hartford Courant	Digital First Media	privacy violation	2005	CT-DCP	$36,000
Paramount Pictures Corp.	Paramount Global	environmental violation	2005	CA-SCAQMD	$5,350
Gannett Kentucky L.P.	Gannett	environmental violation	2005	KY-LMAPCD	$75,000
COX COMMUNICATIONS	Cox Enterprises	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$5,500
GRANITE PRODUCTIONS	Paramount Global	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$18,185
WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$5,850
GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, INC. DBA CO	Gannett	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$6,000
CHICAGO TRIBUNE	Digital First Media	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$9,000
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH	Lee Enterprises	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$9,400
ChoicePoint, Inc.	RELX Group	privacy violation	2006	FTC	$15,000,000
Univision Communication Inc.	TelevisaUnivision Inc.	wage and hour violation	2006	WHD	$28,540
Media News Group, Inc	Digital First Media	wage and hour violation	2006	WHD	$6,552
The Hearst Corporation	Hearst	wage and hour violation	2006	WHD	$6,195
Lee Enterprises - d/b/a Racine Journal Times	Lee Enterprises	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$6,000
DAYTON NEWSPAPERS, INC. D/B/A COX OHIO PUBLISHING	Cox Enterprises	labor relations violation	2006	NLRB	$599,537
CBS Radio	Audacy Inc.	consumer protection violation	2006	NY-AG	$2,000,000
Entercom Communications	Audacy Inc.	consumer protection violation	2006	NY-AG	$3,500,000
WARNER BROS STUDIO FACILITIES	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$18,000
INTERMIX MEDIA, INC.	News Corp.	benefit plan administrator violation	2007	EBSA	$10,001
CBS Radio	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2007	FCC	$3,000,000
Citadel Broadcasting	Cumulus Media	telecommunications violation	2007	FCC	$2,000,000
Clear Channel Communications	iHeartMedia	telecommunications violation	2007	FCC	$3,500,000
Entercom Communications	Audacy Inc.	telecommunications violation	2007	FCC	$4,000,000
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	John Wiley & Sons	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$7,163
Elsevier, Inc.	RELX Group	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$281,920
CoxCom, Inc.	Cox Enterprises	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$69,868
Reed Elsevier, Inc.	RELX Group	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$292,379
Kaplan Inc	Graham Holdings	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$25,281
Cumulus Media, Inc	Cumulus Media	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$5,134
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$226,772
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$157,615
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$369,981
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$8,000
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$78,034
Detroit Newspaper Agency	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$36,000
Des Moines Register and Tribune	Gannett	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$71,001
ChoicePoint	RELX Group	privacy violation	2007	MULTI-AG	$500,000
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Interference, Inc.	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	consumer protection violation	2007	MA-AG	$2,000,000
Gannett Kentucky L.P.	Gannett	environmental violation	2007	KY-LMAPCD	$22,500
Kaplan Inc.	Graham Holdings	consumer protection violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$13,000,000
WARNER BROS TELEVISION "THE CLOSER"	Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.	workplace safety or health violation	2007	OSHA	$5,810